| Mirchi Music Award for Upcoming Lyricist of The Year | |
| Awarded For: | Best contribution by a new lyricist |
| Presenter: | Radio Mirchi |
| Country: | India |
| Year: | Ashok Mishra for all songs of Welcome to Sajjanpur (2008 ) |
| Holder: | Prateek Kuhad for "Kadam" from Karwaan (2018 ) |
The Mirchi Music Award for Upcoming Lyricist of The Year is given yearly by Radio Mirchi as a part of its annual Mirchi Music Awards for Hindi films, to recognise an upcoming lyricist for contributing in a film song. The award ceremony was started in 2008 to honour the best of Hindi film music.[1] [2] Ashok Mishra was the winner in that award ceremony for the film Welcome to Sajjanpur. As of the 2018 ceremony, Prateek Kuhad is the most recent winner in this category for the song "Kadam" from the film Karwaan.
In the following table, the years are listed as per presenter's convention, and generally correspond to the year of film release in India. The ceremonies are always held the following year.
(Winners are listed first, highlighted in .)
| Year | Nominees | Song | Film | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Ashok Mishra | All songs | Welcome to Sajjanpur | [3] | |
| 2009 | Amitabh Bhattacharya | "Emosanal Attyachar (Brass Band Version)" | Dev.D | [4] [5] |
| Year | Nominees | Song | Film | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Bhadwai Village Mandali | "Mehngai Dayain" | Peepli Live | [6] [7] |
| Late Jagdish Joshi and Vibhu Puri | "Keh Na Sakoon" | Guzaarish | ||
| Noon Meem Rashid | "Chola Maati Ke Ram" | Peepli Live | ||
| Shakeel Sohail | "Rabba" | Aashayein | ||
| Vibhu Puri | "Sau Gram Zindagi" | Guzaarish | ||
| 2011 | Seema Saini | "Sheet Leher" | Lanka | [8] [9] [10] |
| Akshat Verma | "I Hate You (Like I Love You)" | Delhi Belly | ||
| Amol Gupte | "Life Bahot Simple Hai" | Stanley Ka Dabba | ||
| Imran Raza | "Hona Tha Pyar" | Bol | ||
| Priya Panchal | "Baat Jo Thi…(Yeh Dooriyan)" | Yeh Dooriyaan | ||
| 2012 | Rochak Kohli and Ayushmann Khurrana | "Pani Da Rang (Male)" | Vicky Donor | [11] [12] [13] |
| Arko Pravo Mukherjee and Manish Makhija | "Abhi Abhi" | Jism 2 | ||
| Habib Faisal | "Chokra Jawaan" | Ishaqzaade | ||
| Sanjay Masoomm | "Rab Ka Shukrana" | Jannat 2 | ||
| Sanjay Masoomm | "Tera Deedar Hua (From The Heart)" | Jannat 2 | ||
| 2013 | Siddharth-Garima | "Laal Ishq" | Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela | [14] [15] |
| 2014 | Rashmi Singh | "Muskurane" | CityLights | [16] [17] [18] |
| Faraaz Ahmed | "Arziyaan" | Jigariyaa | ||
| Manoj Yadav | "Pakeezah" | Ungli | ||
| Rabbi Ahmad and Adnan Dhool (Soch) | "Awari" | Ek Villain | ||
| Raghu Nath | "Ranjha (Queen)" | Queen | ||
| 2015 | Abhendra Kumar Upadhyay | "Tu Hai Ki Nahi" | Roy | [19] [20] [21] |
| Abhendra Kumar Upadhyay | "Boond Boond" | Roy | ||
| Kunaal Vermaa | "Hasi (Male)" | Hamari Adhuri Kahani | ||
| Neeraj Rajawat | "Maati Ka Palang" | NH10 | ||
| Vayu | "Banno" | |||
| 2016 | Abhiruchi Chand | "Buddhu Sa Mann" | Kapoor & Sons | [22] [23] |
| Aditya Sharma | "Raatein" | Shivaay | ||
| Deepak Ramola and Gurpreet Saini | "Atrangi Yaar" | Wazir | ||
| Raj Ranjodh | "Chal Utth Bandeya" | Do Lafzon Ki Kahani | ||
| Shreyas Jain | "Maa" | Nil Battey Sannata | ||
| 2017 | Santanu Ghatak | "Rafu" | Tumhari Sulu | [24] [25] [26] |
| Adheesh Verma | "Meer-E-Kaarwan" | Lucknow Central | ||
| Kumar Vijay | "Sawan Ban Aay Gayo Badra" | JD | ||
| Raghav Dutt | "Meherbaan" | Thodi Thodi Si Manmaaniyan | ||
| Sidhant Mago | "Khidki" | Rukh | ||
| Sumant Vadhera | "Pal" | Monsoon Shootout | ||
| 2018 | Prateek Kuhad | "Kadam" | Karwaan | [27] [28] |
| Prateek Kuhad | "Saansein" | Karwaan | ||
| Abhijat Joshi and Rohan Gokhale | "Baba Bolta Hain Bas Ho Gaya" | Sanju | ||
| Jamil Ahmed | "Adhura Lafz" | Baazaar |